60 Minutes - Newsmakers
What musicians did after an executive order on DEI led to the cancellation of U.S. Marine Band collaboration

"...I just felt like, well, there's usually two responses to something. You can complain about it, or you could do something about it. I chose the latter within seconds. And it was the easiest decision ever.....
With the active-duty Marines ordered to stand down, Equity Arc reached out to retirees who answered the call from everywhere, former band members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Westpoint, the Naval Academy and the Marines....The original Marine Band concert would have been seen by hundreds. Here, tonight, these musicians are being heard by millions...."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhwS06U1SnA

Analysis: "The ‘Pick Me’ mindset and childhood trauma"

"For a long time, I thought I was different—better, even—than other women."

I dismissed women’s opinions, rolled my eyes at anything too girly, prided myself on being one of the boys, believing "it made me smarter, cooler, above all that "feminine drama".

"But the truth? I wasn’t different. I was just drowning in internalized misogyny."

https://plus.flux.community/p/the-pick-me-mindset-and-childhood

#Misogyny #FalseConsciousness #WomensLiberation #Psychology #USPol #Trauma .

Juice Media: "Minority government"

Australia's preferential system enables voters to number their favourite parties in order on their ballot and put autocratic parties last.

If a voter's Number 1 party doesn't win, that vote passes to their 2nd choice. In other words, voters" choices are not "wasted".

"Thanks to our awesome preferential voting system"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xUFUXMiaDs

#AusPol #USPol #AustralianElection #MultiPartyGovernment #MinorityGovernment #PreferentialVoting .

"One of the largest protests was at Tesla Pasadena."

https://www.foxla.com/news/tesla-protest-elon-musk-dodge-la-march-15

#ProudLittleOldLadyfromPasadena
#USPol
End#Acartheid
#Swasticar

#TradeWar Retaliation Will Hit #Trump Voters Hardest

As Trump imposes #tariffs on products from countries around the world, foreign govts are answering back w/tariffs of their own.

#China has targeted corn farmers & carmakers. #Canada has put tariffs on poultry plants & A/C manufacturers, while #Europe will hit American steel mills & slaughter houses.

#economy #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/15/business/economy/tariffs-trump-maps-voters.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=8B150285-9181-4370-B044-3C628C7B26D9

All stock markets have been closed for spreading the false DEI-instigated rumours that President Trump isn't saving the economy. From now on, Real American investors will only buy and sell Company Tokens on the new Patriot Trade platform, successfully launched on X this morning. Freed from the uncertainty of woke indicators like commercial value and public sentiment, the Patriot Trade index will always rise when the President says it did. Sign up today! That's An Order, Citizens!
#rpb #uspol

Interview: Trump’s policies are about "getting rid of institutions where our obligations to one another are worked out."

Musk summed it up as empathy being "the bane of Western civilization." And really, they do think that.

"Their going after things like Medicaid or Social Security is not... an unintended effect. It’s very much what they want to destroy."

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/14/m_gessen

#Trump #Autocracy #USPol #LGBTQ+Rights #Project2025 #Racism #Censorship .

Mar. 13 NPR “Consider This” talks about risks of DOGE data access, with cameo by me

NPR's Ailsa Chang; Elizabeth Lair of the Equity and Civic Technology Project at the Center For Democracy and Technology; Jonathan Kamens, late of the VA; and University of Virginia law professor Danielle Citron, talk about the risks of DOGE having access to federal government data and how the Privacy Act of 1974 is being used to push back on it.
#politics #USPol #DOGE #privacy
https://blog.kamens.us/2025/03/16/mar-13-npr-consider-this-talks-about-risks-of-doge-data-access-with-cameo-by-me/

Give a bully what he demands & he'll demand more.

Report: "White House tells Columbia to sack academic staff over Israel criticism"

Trump is threatening to pull government funding from Columbia & demanding it sack the leadership of the Middle Eastern, South Asian & African Studies Department & place it under “academic receivership for a minimum of five years”.

https://aje.io/kb975q?update=3579730

#Trump #Columbia #Autocracy #USPol #Censorship #Racism #Resist .

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Analysis: There is "no military or political logic to the US attacks" on Yemen's Houthis

While danger to shipping in the Red Sea is reason for concern, "it could be resolved diplomatically"

~Nabeel Khoury

The US pre-emptively attacked Yemen after the Houthis threatened to resume attacks on Israel-linked ships over Israel's blockade of Gaza.

Edit: Latest death toll is 53

https://aje.io/7jyucr?update=3581699

#Yemen #USPol #GazaGenocideNotWar .

At this rate, Putin will be our next president.

Election officials face limited options as federal security resources fall away
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/3/16/2310237/-Election-officials-face-limited-options-as-federal-security-resources-fall-away

The public comment period for the transphobic bullshit on US passports ends TOMORROW! (Monday)

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/14/2025-02648/30-day-notice-of-proposed-information-collection-application-for-a-us-passport

Pete Hegseth’s Secret History

A whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump’s nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being repeatedly intoxicated on the job.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/pete-hegseths-secret-history

#uspol
#piggyeyedsackofshit
#rapist

Here Are The Democrats Who Advanced A GOP Bill To Avoid A Government Shutdown | HuffPost Latest News

https://blog.taursnd.haus/display/1a041b09-1567-d749-fd95-cc6823288847